Misc Christmas – Fairytale Of New York (Guitar)

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[Intro] F C F G C G [Verse 1 - Slow Tempo] [V1]
       C                  F
It was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunktank

          C                  Dm          G
An old man said to me, won't see another one

            C                        F
And then he sang a song, The Rare Old Mountain Dew

            C             G        C      G
I turned my face away and dreamed about you
[Verse 2]
         C                      F
Got on a lucky one, came in eighteen to one

           C            Dm         G
I've got a feeling this year's for me and you

         C                     F
So happy Christmas, I love you baby

            C                G       C           F
I can see a better time when all our dreams come true
[Instrumental tag Slow Tempo, Ritardando] G C F [Fast Skippy Tempo Pre-Verse x2] C F G C G C F [Verse 3] [V2]
G           C
They've got cars

       G
Big as bars

            Am        F
They've got rivers of gold

         C
When the wind goes right through you

                     G
It's no place for the old

         C            Am
When you first took my hand

     C              F
On a cold Christmas Eve

    C
You promised me

             G          C
Broadway was waiting for me
[Verse 4] [V2]
        C
You were handsome
[V1]
         C
You were pretty

                 G
Queen of New York City

         C             F
When the band finished playing

     G              C
They howled out for more
[V1 + V2 unison]
  C
Sinatra was swinging

        G
All the drunks they were singing

   C             F
We kissed on the corner

    G                  C
Then danced through the night
[Hook] [V1 high V2 low]
        F
And the boys of the NYPD choir

     C              Am
Were singing 'Galway Bay'

       C           F
And the bells were ringing

G       C         G
Out for Christmas Day
[Instrumental Pre-Verse whistle/fiddle] Am F C G C Am C F C [Verse 5] [V2]
G        C
You're a bum
You're a punk [V1]
C                     G
You're an old slut on junk

      C            F
Lying there almost dead

     G           C
on a drip in that bed
[V2]
C
You scum bag
You maggot
               G
You cheap lousy blaggard

      C              F
Happy Christmas your arse

       G
I pray God

         C
It's our last
[Hook] [V1 high V2 low]
         F
And the boys of the NYPD choir

      C             Am
Still singing `Galway Bay`

       C          F
And the bells are ringing

G       C        G
Out for Christmas Day
[Pre-Verse] F C F G C [Verse 6] [V1] [V2]
G            C                            F
I could have been someone, well, so could anyone

           C                           G
You took my dreams from me when I first found you
[V1]
           C                         F
I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own

              C               F               G         C
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you
[Hook] [V1 high V2 low]
    F
The boys of the NYPD choir

      C               Am
Still singing `Galway Bay`

       C          F
And the bells are ringing

G       C         G
Out for Christmas Day
[Instrumental whistle/fiddle 2 or 3x] C F C G C F C G C G C F C G C G C F C G C G [Last line instrum Ritardando + vocal tag]
C           G                 C              G
I can see a better time, when all our dreams come true